Non-refillable bottle.



M. SWITZEB & i. 1). LAOROIX. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

1 APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7,1910.

1,016,1 12, Patented Jan. 30, 1912. 22%;. 1% 2.

MAURICE swrrznn AND :rosnrrr n. LACROIXLZQQEILVIEEW,YORK, 1v. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1912.

Application filed November 7, 1910. Serial No. 591,054.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MAURICE SWITZER and JOSEPH D. LACROIX, citizens of the United States, residing at New York city, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles; it being the object of the present invention to provide a bottle of this class which may be economically manufactured, and which will permit of a ready outfl aw of its liquid contents but prevent refilling to any profitable extent by following any of the methods of refilling commonly resorted to.

As a full understanding of the improvements of the present invention can best be had from a detailed description of an organization embodying the same, such description will now be given in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which v Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of a bottle embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, with the bottle tilted to pouring position. Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are sections on the lines 4, 5, 6, '7, respectively, of Fig. 2; and Fig. 8 is a side elevation of part of the bottle neck.

Referring to said drawings, 0, represents the bottle body, terminating at its upper end in a neck portion 6, to which is permanently secured by cement and otherwise, as hereinafter described, a neck containing the valve and valve-controlling mechanism by which the bottle is rendered non-refillable. The neck is, in the process of manufacture, made up of two parts a, d of porcelain, which, however, are so united by an outer film e of enamel and the interlocking engagement of their abutting and corresponding shouldered edges, as to become, in eflect, a unit or integral. The part 0 contains a valve seat f, of porcelain, chamfered at its lower outer edge to fit a correspondingly shaped shoulder, provided by the inner upper edge of the neck pet tion b of the bottle body a, and at its upper edge fitting into a recess g in the lower end of part 0,- a hollow inverted cup-shaped valve h, preferably of poreslain, resting on this valve seat; an approximately pear shaped valve'seating weight 2', of glass or porcelain, resting sidewise on the upper end of the valve h, and a battle j which, among other things, limits the movement of weight 2; integral vertical ribs 7.: being also formed in the neck part c for guiding valve h in its vertical or opening and closing movements. Baiile j, which is integral with the neck part (Z, closes the bottle neck except for a passage between it-and the inner surface of the latter, into which, however, project two horizontal rows of alternating or staggered projections Z, on, which will permit the passage of the liquid contents of the bottle but will prevent the insertion ofa wire or the like sufliciently far into the bottle neck to tamper with the valve h or weight 2'. At the ends of each projection Z, m are vertical ribs n, which it is obvious will engage the end of any wire or the like inserted in the bottle neck and prevent further downward movement thereof. The insertion of a wire or the like is still further guarded against by the provision of shoulders 0 in the neck-portion c projecting inwardly beneath the projections Z, m, so that a wire cannot be passed between the outer ends of said projections and the inner surface of the neck into the lower end of part 0 containing the valve h. Baffie j is also provided at its-lower end with a recess p forming a socket for the accommodation of weight 2', this recess, and the weight 2', valve 72., and seat f being at such size and so arranged relatively to each other as to provide for free rocking movement of said weight, and also a limited movement thereof, and of valve h longitudinally of the bottle neck.

valve h and weight 2' will occi y the posi- While the bottle is in an ereci-Yiposition, the

tions in which they are show n-in Fig. 2, with the valve h held to its seat by its own Weight and that of weight 71. When, however, the bottle is tilted to pour out some of its contents, and passes from a horizontal position to the partially inverted position shown in Fig. 4, the valve, relieved of the weight of weight 2', which has moved into recess ;1 and aided by the pressure of the liquid in the bottle, will be unseated and assume the position in which it is shown in Fig. 4. The inverted cup-shape of the valve is of importance, for this opening movement, as by reason thereof a very rapid and otherwise eitective unseating of the valve is secured. On turning the bottle upwardly,

before it reaches a horizontal position, weight 2', rocking in recess 1) and moving downwardly at right angles to the bottle neck, will, as the liquid recedes from the bottle neck, force valve h to its seat, aided, of course, by the weight of the valve itself.

Weight i is, as will no doubt have been observed, cam-like in shape and action, so that, for example, as the bottle is tilted from vertical to pouring position the upper or large end of the weight will rock freely in socket or recess ,7) with its lower end engaging the valve h and sliding thereon. outwardly in radial lines from its center to the position shown in Fig. 3, that is to say, to a. point at or near what is, in that position of the bottle, the uppermost side of the valve. As the bottle is tilted back to vertical position the rocking or rolling movement of the weight a in recess p is of course, in the reverse direction, and the radial sliding movement of the weight 2' on the valve h is inwardly toward the center. Any attempt to refill it according to any of the methods heretofore suggested for the refilling of so-called non-refillablev bottles, would be either unsuccessful, or, at least, non-profitable. If, for example, the bottle were laid on its side or inverted so as to unseat the valve, the valve will be at once floated or forced to its seat by the inflow or pressure of the refilling liquid in the bottle neck. "If an attempt'be made to refill it, while in an erect position, by shaking the bottle up and down, the weight 2' will so control the valve k that it will not be unseated, or, if unseated, will permit but little of the refilling liquid in the bottle neck to pass it. At the same time, the valve being hollow and inverted, provides for ready opening by the pressure or weight of the.

liquid in the bottle when the latter is inverted or tilted to and beyond a horizontal posit-ion. The shape of the weight '5 is also a feature of importance, in thatit is free to roll in contact with the valve and being round its contact therewith is reduced to practically a mere point, so that there is no chance of the valve and weight sticking together. Also, on account of its shape, and,

therefore, unequal weight at opposite ends,-

the weight is more abrupt or quicker in its closing effect on the valve when the bottle .is tilted upwardly from pouring position,

or, for that matter, when an attempt is made to refill the bottle.

The bottle neck is, as before stated, initially made in two parts 0, (Z, both of porcelain, the baflle plate or plug 7' being in- 'tegral with the latter. When these two parts are assembled they are coated exteriorly with a layer of enamel of sufiicient thickness, and then baked, with the result that said two parts are securely united. The bottle neck thus formed is ready for the introduction of weight '5, valve h, and valve seat f and then for attachment to the bottle body a, but before so attaching it, the valve mechanism in the bottle neck is properly tested so that if found to be defective the bottle neck may be discarded. If not found defective,-it is secured to the bottle body a by a collar 7 of suitable metal inclosing the upper end of the neck portion 6 of the bottle body and the lower portion of the neck member 0, both of which portions are provided with circumferential indentations or recesses, into which the metal of collar 1- is forced 01' spun by a suitable tool. To prevent leakage, a gasket 3, of suitable material is interposed between the abutting edges of the neck portion 6 and the neck member a.

The peculiar construction .of the bottle neck itself is not claimed herein as it forms the subject matter of our divisional application Serial No. 669,161, filed Jan. '3, 1912.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination, in the neck of a bottle, of a valve-seat having a central opening in line with the neck-opening, an inverted cup-shaped valve normally resting at itslower edge on said seat and closing the opening therein and adapted to tilt upon and then move bodily away from said seat when the bottle is tilted to pouring position, a weight normally resting upon the upper end of the valve and controlling its movements, and means above the weight for limiting the movements thereof, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in the neck of a bottle, of a valve-seat having an opening, a valve normally closing said opening, a camlike weight normally resting upon the upper side of. the valve, and a socket for the upper end of the weight in which the weight rocks freely with its lower end slidingly engaging the valve in radial lines between the center of the valve and that side of the valve which is uppermost in the tilted position of the bottle. I

3. The combination, in the neck of a bottle, of a valve-seat having a central opening in line with the neck-opening, an inverted cup-shaped valve normally resting at its lower edge on said seat and closing the opening therein and arranged to tilt upon and then move bodily away from said seat when the bottle is tilted to pouring position, a cam-like Weight normally resting upon the upper side of the valve, and a socket for the upper end of'the weight, in which the weight rocks freely with its lower end sliding in line with the neck-opening, an inverted cup-shaped valve normally resting at itslower edge on said seat and closing the opening therein and adapted to tilt upon and then move bodily away from said seat whenthe bottle is tilted to pouring position, a weight normally resting u on the upper end 0 the valve and contro ing its movements, one end of said weight being larger and heavier than the other, and

means above the weight, including a socket for the larger end thereof for limitin the movements of'the weight, substantial y as described.

5. The combination, in the neck of a botat its lower edge on said seat and-closing the opening therein and adapted to tilt upon and then move bodily away from said seat when the bottle is tilted vto pouring position, a pear-shaped weight normally resting upon the upper end of the valve and controlling its movements, and means above the weight, including a socket for the larger end thereof, for limiting the movements of the weight, substantiall as described.

In testimony whereo we have hereunto set our hands, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAURIGE SWITZER.

JOSEPH D. LACROIX. Witnlesseszw HE OHN was, MARK A. ELLIOTT. 

